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Alvarez, Lievano, Laserna S.A.S
CARRERA 14 Nº 94-44
OFICINA 201, TORRE B
BOGOTÁ D.C
Colombia

Email firm Visit website 571 236 2411

Colombia > Labour and employment Tier 1

‘A strategic ally in collective and individual labour law matters’, Alvarez, Lievano, Laserna S.A.S stands as a benchmark in the market. The specialist boutique is particularly revered for its impressive record in collective bargaining work, but it shines across the full spectrum of advisory and contentious matters, where it routinely represents major domestic and multinational clients from all of Colombia’s main economic sectors. Key contacts include high-profile labour law veteran Carlos Alvarez Pereira

; experienced specialist Claudia Liévano; Felipe Alvarez Echeverry, who is noted for his aviation sector expertise; Maria Lucia Laserna Angarita, who ‘takes the trouble to get to know the business’; and litigation head Carlos Arturo Barco Alzate. Senior associate Andrea Ortega is also recommended. In November 2022, senior associate María Fernanda Echeverry left to join Grupo Bimbo.

Practice head(s):

Carlos Alvarez Pereira; Claudia Liévano; Felipe Alvarez Echeverri; Maria Lucia Laserna Angarita; Carlos Arturo Barco Alzate

Testimonials

‘The firm provides us with labour advice and support at union negotiation tables. It demonstrates complete availability and high efficiency in its recommendations. Lawyers are up-to-date and provide training and labour updates. It is a strategic ally in collective and individual labour law matters.’

‘Claudia Liévano is an outstanding professional, with great service levels, high-level legal knowledge and complete availability in meeting legal requirements.’

‘I have worked with many labour law firms and Alvarez, Lievano, Laserna has definitely been the best of them, not only because of its knowledge but also because of its handling of the employees of the company I represent. Service is personalised, warm and always on time.’

‘Maria Lucia Laserna Angarita has been the only external lawyer to understand that a company does not need someone to recite the substantive code of work, but rather to give recommendations that are applicable in the institution and according to the needs of the business — always in an ethical manner.’

‘Maria Lucia Laserna Angarita takes the trouble to get to know the business and understand its needs in order to be able to give real advice, coupled to the specific reality of the company.’

‘Alvarez, Lievano, Laserna is a legal team that provides advice filtered through the latest legal and jurisprudential developments.’

‘Felipe Alvarez Echeverri is a clear, deep and practical adviser. His ability and agility to negotiate with the unions exceeds expectations, as well as the way he balances the interests of the company, employees, and the unions.’

Key clients

Omnitempus

Productos El Rey

Gran Estación Centro Comercial

Perenco

Independence Drilling

Borets

Etek

Operadora Minera

Oxxo

Comestibles Ricos

Sacs Consultores

Pecom Energia

Royds Withy King

Skechers Colombia

Animals

GoStudent Colombia

Hino Motors

WOM

Crezcamos

Work highlights

Advised Opain, which has more than 2,500 direct and indirect workers, on the collective bargaining process that it carried out with the National Association of Firefighters at the Service of Public and Private Entities (ANBASEC), a union that covers Colombia’s fire departments.
Acted for Crezcamos on its first collective bargaining process with the Colombian Association of Bank Employees (ACEB), a major union in the financial sector.
Represented Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogotá (ETB) in its collective bargaining process with the Union Association of ICT Professionals (ASPROTIC), which represents ETB professionals.

Alvarez Lievano Laserna Abogados is one of the largest boutique law firms dealing with labor law in Colombia.

The main objective of Carlos Alvarez Pereira, founder of the firm, together with his partners Claudia Liévano Triana, Felipe Alvarez Echeverry and Maria Lucía Laserna Angarita, has been to have constant development in order to provide a unique and differentiated service to all the firm’s clients. This has been implemented by the professional development of our lawyers, automation of processes and the implementation of technology within daily work.

To always be at the forefront, have the best talent and the best working environment for all lawyers, Alvarez Lievano Laserna provides a continuing education program. Junior lawyers are given the opportunity to continue their professional development through postgraduate programs that are mostly arranged by the firm, or through interest-free loans. Today, 100% of the firm’s lawyers have, or are pursuing, postgraduate programs in labour law, thus guaranteeing our clients work with the best talent.

The implementation of technology and communication within daily work has been important and has grown steadily. For ALL it is important to keep its clients informed and updated on the latest developments in labor matters, therefore we have strengthened our legal content area in recent years through various publications such as the monthly Newsletter, content blogs, the ALL Estrado publication and a strong presence on specialized social networks such as Linkedin.

The integral attention for each one of our clients requires trust between both parties. It is for this reason that we guarantee each client direct contact with one of the partners, together with a team of experts who support them. Regardless of partner involvement, we like to give visibility to our senior lawyers and to constantly train all lawyers in order to get them known. This does not happen at many Colombian firms because other firms do not make visible the work of their employees.

As a firm that works exclusively in labour law, we have become experts and are well known nationally in labour consulting, auditing, litigation, collective bargaining, separation plans, restructuring, immigration and as a firm that can put the best in-house lawyers into companies who need them.

The fields in which we have recently grown are – audit processes and in cases related to the UGPP where we have had the opportunity to work with large multinationals such as Sierracol, Frontera, Unilever, Cepsa, British American Tobacco, Cruz Verde, Bureau Veritas among others.

The main industries we work with are: energy oil and gas, education, air transportation, food and beverages, automobile and parts, construction and materials, financial services (banks, pension funds), pharmaceutical, telecommunications, technology, hardware and electronics among others.
Some of our key clients are: Ecopetrol, Frontera energy, Grupo Enel, Grupo ISA, Tigo-UNE, Sierracol, Unilever, Bancamia, Bayer, Banco ITAU, BBVA, MANSAROVAR ENERGY, Universidad San Martin, Cerromatoso, AES CHIVOR, Experian, Scotiabank Colpatria, Movistar, Sodexo, Holcim, Bimbo, Terpel, LATAM Airlines, COPA Airlines,Johnson & Johnson, Mazda, ETB, Bayer, GNB Sudameris, Farmacias y Droguerias Cruz Verde, Bancoldex, Pelikan, Mercer, Lafayette, among many others.

Areas of practice
Employment relations: the firm advises a large number of companies in day-to-day employment matters, such as wages and hours, compliance, labor due diligence, compensation plans, disciplinary procedures, hiring and termination agreements, employment policies, discrimination and work harassment. The firm also provides legal support regarding the Colombian social security system.

Alternative dispute resolution and labor-management relations: this is one of the most traditional practice areas of the firm. Alvarez, Lievano, Lasana SAS throughout its history has handled critical labor situations for different companies and has been able to cope with the new alternatives that unions have found to exercise their right of association. The firm has advised national and multinational companies of different industries, including oil and gas, food, banking, mining, and energy companies, among others, and has dealt with the largest and most important unions in the country, exceeding the clients’ expectations.

Proceedings before the Colombian Ministry of Labour and UGPP: the firm has successfully represented clients before the Ministry of Labor and UGPP.

Labor and employment (M&A transactions): the firm provides advice in the process of renegotiating working conditions of new employees to avoid differences that could lead to judicial suits alleging inequality, in the elaboration and subscription of successorship clauses, and in the proceedings before the Ministry of Labor in order to obtain permission for mass dismissals, if needed.

Litigation: this is one of the most renowned practice areas of the firm. Its prestige is due to its excellent group of highly skilled litigants.

Immigration: the firm provides legal advice in immigration aspects accompanying clients in the process of obtaining working visas, working permits, residence and the validation and homologation of professional credentials in Colombia.

Department	Name	Email	Telephone
Head of collective bargaining, restructuring plans and separating plans	Claudia Lievano Triana	claudialievano@allabogados.com	+571 236 2411
Head of litigation department	Felipe Alvarez Echeverri	felipealvarez@allabogados.com	+571 236 2411
Labour Consulting and litigations	Carlos Alvarez Pereira	carlosalvarez@allabogados.com	+571 236 2411
Head of audit department and labour inspections	Maria Lucia Laserna Angarita	marialucialaserna@allabogados.com	+571 236 2411
Litigation Department	Carlos Arturo Barco Alzate	carlosbarco@allabogados.com	+571 236 2411
Comercial and comunications department	Juan Manuel Casadiego	juancasadiego@allabogados.com	+571 236 2411
Finance and office administration	Sandra Moreno	gerencia@allabogados.com	+571 236 2411

Álvarez Liévano Laserna S.A.S.

Bogota, Colombia

+57 (601) 236 2411

View team profile

Name	Position	Profile
Felipe Alvarez Echeverry	Managing Partner at Alvarez Liévano Laserna.	View Profile
Carlos Alvarez Pereira	Partner and founder at Alvarez Liévano Laserna	View Profile
Carlos Arturo Barco Alzate	Partner of Álvarez Liévano Laserna. Leader of the Litigation and Training Area.	View Profile
Maria Lucia Laserna Angarita	Parther at Alvarez Liévano Laserna. Leader of the audit department and labour…	View Profile
Claudia Lievano Triana	Partner of Alvarez Liévano, Laserna. Leader of collective bargaining, restructuring plans, separating…	View Profile